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Consumer price index reaches 9.19 per cent
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the entire year is likely to remain in single digits, at 9.19 per cent, the General Statistics Office announced on Dec. 24.
However, the annual CPI rate was still two percentage points higher than the initial target of 7 per cent set by the National Assembly at the beginning of the year.
December's CPI increased 1.98 per cent against November this year, with food witnessing the highest increase at 4.67 per cent, followed by foodstuffs 3.28 per cent, and housing and construction materials 2.53 per cent.
Textiles, garments and shoes posted a 1.81 per cent increase. Household goods and appliances rose 0.86 per cent. Medical and healthcare services increased 0.41 per cent, transportation costs increased 0.45 per cent and educational products and services rose just 0.07 per cent.
Only posts and telecommunications registered a slight decrease of 0.02 per cent.
The gold price jumped 5.43 per cent against November or 30 per cent up on December 2009.
The cost of the US dollar was up 2.86 per cent against previous month and 9.68 per cent against December 2009.
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